GeForce GT 440 vs Radeon HD 6950M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GT 440 and Radeon HD 6950M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GT 440 stacks up against Radeon HD 6950M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6950M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6950M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Radeon HD 6950M
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB GDDR5 or 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
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  • GeForce GT 440 has 30% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GT 440 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GT 440 has 510 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GT 440 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
  • GeForce GT 440 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GT 440 is 1040 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • GeForce GT 440 and Radeon HD 6950M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GT 440 is 700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 20−22
medium / 1080p 0−1 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2000% more, than GeForce GT 440.

Full Specs

  GeForce GT 440 Radeon HD 6950M
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF108 Blackcomb Pro
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 1 February 2011 6 January 2011
Pipelines 96 960
Core clock speed 1620 MHz 580 MHz
Transistor count 585 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 13.0 billion/sec 27.84
Floating-point performance 311.04 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz (GDDR5) or 900 MHz (DDR3) 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.2 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 96
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 20 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Standard memory config per GPU 1 GB GDDR5 or 2 GB
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